llulissat Ice Fjord is 45 km long and about 5 km wide. The glaciers in the fjord stem from the world's most productive glacier - Ilulissat Glacier produces 20 million tonnes of ice per 24 hours and moves at a speed of 22 meter per day.
On this trip you will fly with Greenlandair helicopter at a low altitude across the beautiful ice fjord between the colossal icebergs to the front of the glacier itself and along it a couple of times before landing on the mountain close to the glacier.
There will be about 30 minutes' stay here while the guide talks about the inland ice, the glacier and the icebergs. You will also have time to enjoy the magnificentt view and take photographs before the helicopter takes off again. On the return journey you will fly at an even lower altitude and it should be possible to spot seals sunning themselves on the ice. The trip ends with a trip around the icebergs at the outlet of the fjord and a couple of times around town so you will be able to taqke photographs of it from the air before the helicopter lands at Ilulissat airport.
Tour number: JAV15
HELICOPTER TRIP, GLACIER AND TROUT FISHING
This trip starts at llulissat airport from where we will fly to Nunataq. Here we have a stopover for about 1/2 hour. We land on a little peninsula surrounded by two beautiful glaciers which run into the sea, There will be plenty of opportunities to see, hear and photograph the glaciers. We will walk from the place where we land to Sermeq Avannarleq - the northern glacier - where we are close enough to the ice to touch it. We will use the ice pick we have brought along to hack ice for the drinks we will he having. There is a good chance seeing some inquisitive seals as they pop their heads out of the water. The trip continues to Amitsoq. We land here at the outlet of the river into Boyes Lake, where we will eat our packed lunches. After lunch it will be time to prepare our fishing tackle. We have about an hour to catch Greenland trout. If you do not want to fish, you can enjoy a walk in the beautiful landscape in area.
Hopefully, we will be fortunate with our catch. The trip continues now with low flying over the inland ice and further across the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere (Ilulissat Glacier) where countless seals will be sunning themselves on the ice. We fly across the 45 km back to Ilulissat and it will be possible to go into the cockpit on route to visit the pilot and take photographs. We will now be above the town and before landing we will fly around Ilulissat a couple of times and use up the rest of our film.
Fishing tackle and rubber boots can he rented from Ilulissat Tourist Service.
Tour number: JAV16.
HELICOPTER TRIP DOG SLEDGING ON SEMERSUAQ
North Greenlands most well-known trade-mark is probably the ice, snow and dog sledges. As a new tour, you can now try dog sledging during the summer. The arrangement takes place up on the great glacier Sermersuaq, which covers a large part of Disko Island.
We start in the morning from Ilulissat airport and fly across the ice-filled water of Disko Bay direct to Disko Island with its many basalt mountains. After about 1/2 hours' flying we land on the top of Semersuaq.
On arrival we take a cup of coffee or tea and make ready for the culmination of the trip: Dog sledging. The delightful, willing dogs are harnessed to the sledge and off we go over the ice. The trip by dog sledge last about an hour and covers roughly 14 km. There will be plenty of opportunities to take photographs on route and the sledge is naturally driven by a Greenlandic hunter.
After the trip coffee and tea will be served again a we can eat our packed lunch. We now have an hour to walk around, ski, take a ride on a snowmobile, or simply enjoy the view which in good weather encompasses more than 200 kilometres. After a stay of about three hours on Sermersuaq, we fly back to Ilulissat.
Snow-scooters with driver as well as skis can be rented on the glacier.
Tour number: JAV17
Please contact us for further details and booking
Ilulissat Tourist Service
P.O. Box 272
DK-3952 Ilulissat
Greenland
E-mail: ilulissat.tourist@greennet.gl
Phone: +299 4 43 22
Fax: +299 4 39 33
When calling from abroad, please note
the time difference to Greenland
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